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US DoD Greenlights Mobile Nuclear Microreactor Pilot in Idaho

The US Department of Defense has announced that its Strategic Capabilities Office will go ahead with its plan to build and demonstrate a small nuclear reactor c…

Rooftop PV System

Amazon Adds 3.5 GW of Renewable Energy to Global Portfolio

Amazon is adding 37 renewable energy projects totaling 3.5 GW of capacity to its global portfolio, the company announced.

Ammonia

AMEA Signs MoU to Produce Clean Energy Green Ammonia

​AMEA Power has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to produce 390,000 tonnes of green ammonia per annum over two phases, powered by renewable energy, i…

Australia

Australia ‘Has Just 68 Days of Oil Reserves’

The country is nearly 91% dependent on imported oil, a public policy think tank has warned.

Wind Farm

Vitol Acquires Wind Farms

Vitol has announced it has agreed to acquire three operating wind farms in Pennsylvania, US, totalling 244.4 MW from a fund managed by BlackRock, for an undiscl…

Natural Gas

Germany's New Gas Storage Law - How Will It Work?

A bill to guarantee minimum gas storage levels in Germany, whose underground facilities account for a quarter of the EU bloc's total capacity, will kick in from…

Crude Oil

Petroecuador Begins Meetings to Renegotiate Contracts with PetroChina

Ecuador's state-owned oil company Petroecuador has started meetings to renegotiate long-term sales oil contracts with PetroChina, a process it hopes to conclude…

Electric Vehicle Battery

White House Calls on Defense Production Act to Bolster EV Battery Supply

When the White House signed an executive order to get to 50% electric vehicle sales share by 2030 while relying on American manufacturing, there were some serio…

Nuclear Reactor

China Gives Green Light to New Nuclear Power Projects

With the future power supply growth coming mostly from nonfossil energy in China as the country is going through a green energy transition, nuclear power will b…

CNOOC

China’s Largest Producer of Offshore Oil & Gas Moves to Make Full Use of Domestic and Overseas Financing Channels

Aiming to make full use of domestic and overseas financing channels, Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has launched an initial public offering (IPO) on Sh…

Oil & Gas Trade

French Election Could Make or Break EU Russia Oil Ban

The outcome of this weekend's French presidential election could make or break the chances of EU unanimity for a ban on Russian energy imports, with challenger …

Nuclear Power Plant

Pakistan’s Karachi Nuclear Unit 3 Reaches Commercial Operation

Unit 3 of the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan has reached full power operation for the first time, a milestone reached on 31 March 2022.

Smart Meter

Comment: It Is Time for Smart Meters to Get Smart

Smart meter use must be optimised with an additional layer of ‘smartness’, says Laurent Schmitt, head of utilities and European developments at dcbel.

Solar Cell

KAUST Team Goes Deep on Perovskite Physics

Researchers at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have conducted observations on perovskite solar cells that could help …

India

India’s Coal Supply Shock Causes Major Power Outages

The Indian states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have been forced into blackouts as of Thursday as power supplies are cut off due to a major increa…